FOLMC Volunteer Agreement

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Volunteer Agreement(Required)

I agree I have read and will adhere to the Volunteer Agreement below.

The position of Booksale Volunteer at FOLMC is a volunteer position. This means that, if you accept the role, you give time, effort, and talent to a need or cause without profiting monetarily.

What You Can Expect When Volunteering:

FOLMC (the Organization) values volunteers and will provide you with:
● Description, written or verbal, of your position so you understand your role and the tasks you’re authorized to do.
● Orientation and training for the Volunteer position.
● Work to ensure a safe, respectful environment in which to perform your role.
● Respect for your privacy, including keeping your personal information confidential.
● A supervisor, so that you have the opportunity to ask questions and get feedback.

FOLMC Expectations:

● Understand and support the Organization‘s goals and objectives and work to promote and achieve them.
● Participate in any required orientation and training programs.
● Only undertake duties you’re authorized to carry out and adhere to reasonable directions and instructions from supervisors or any paid staff persons with a supervisory role at the branch.
● Understand and comply with the Organization’s policies and procedures and any laws pertinent to your work.
● Understand and adhere to FOLMC and Montgomery County Public Libraries’ rules of conduct [https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/behavior.html]
● Work to ensure a safe, respectful environment for others.
● Notify the Organization, in due time, if you wish to change the nature of your position, including resignation.
● Work to achieve open communication that promotes a harmonious and supportive environment.
● Your volunteer tasks will include, but not be limited to, sorting and shelving books. This is a physical position which requires bending, lifting, stretching, and shifting boxes of books that may weigh up to 40 pounds on occasion. Volunteers should have knowledge of book genres and the ability to differentiate between types of nonfiction, fiction, memoir, history and classic.

Volunteer Expenses:
FOLMC may reimburse volunteers for any out-of-pocket expenses related to your work with prior notification and approval from authorized FOLMC supervisory staff. Commuting fees to/from the volunteer sites are not reimbursable.

Media Agreement:
● I agree to maintain the confidential information of the Organization.
● Any publicity or media coverage in association with your work must be approved directly through FOLMC Staff.

Volunteer Liability:
● FOLMC will provide adequate liability coverage for the work outlined in the job description.
● Operating outside your assigned volunteer duties, or in instances of gross negligence or willful misconduct, could make you personally liable for damages.
● Volunteer further agrees to notify the Organization immediately of any incident that occurs or may occur within the knowledge of the volunteer, which gives rise to liability on the part of the volunteer of FOLMC.

Release of All Claims Against the FOLMC(Required)

I consent to the terms of the Release listed below.

In consideration of the opportunity afforded me to assist the FOLMC in its volunteer activities, I hereby agree that I, and my assignees, heirs, guardians, and legal representatives, will not make a claim against the FOLMC, MCPL, any of their affiliated organizations, officers or directors collectively or individually; the volunteers, members, participants, or employees of FOLMC or MCPL; the suppliers of any materials or equipment that are used during my volunteer activities; or any of the volunteer workers, for the injury or death to me or damage to my property, however caused, arising from my participation in my volunteer activities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, I hereby waive and release any rights, actions, or causes of action resulting from personal injury or death to me, or damage to my property, sustained in connection with my participation my volunteer endeavors.

Photo Consent(Required)

I consent to the terms of the Photo Consent listed below.

When you enter a Friends of the Library, Montgomery County (FOLMC) event or program, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur.

By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, marketing, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by FOLMC and its affiliates and representatives.

Images, photos and/or videos may be used to promote similar FOLMC events in the future, highlight the event and exhibit the capabilities of FOLMC. You release FOLMC, its officers and employees, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication and use of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or or sound recordings.

By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any use, exhibition, streaming, web casting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such use, exhibiting, broadcasting, web casting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged.

You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by FOLMC or the person or entity designated to do so by FOLMC.

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I hereby consent to all the terms outlined in this FOLMC Volunteer Agreement and give permission to allow my electronic signature below to substitute for my handwritten signature and to have the same full force and effect.

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